In fact, if he would have taken him along to the hair stylist, maybe at least Mickey would have remembered Roger's name. During his thank you speech at the Arlington, Rourke referred to Roger as "that gentleman" who came out and said the nice things about him.

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On Saturday I stopped by the Producer's Panel where the discussion centered on the business of making movies. What did I learn? For starters, if you are going to be a Hollywood Producer, you'd better wear black.

At just about every Film Fest screening or other event, the audience is reminded to turn off their cell phones. While on stage at the Producer's Panel, Roven had his cell phone go off just as he was about to answer a question.

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Which one of these movie stars brought their own hair and makeup person with them to the Arlington?

Kate Winselt? Penelope Cruz? Kristin Scott Thomas? No, actually it was Jake Gyllenhaal. (And he was only a presenter!)

Well, who did you think I was going to say, Mickey Rourke?

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I doubt that he was in town for the Film Festival but on Sunday morning I spotted UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland sitting in front of the bagel shop in the Mesa shopping center having an orange juice and bagel.

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What kind of a day did I have on Saturday? To give you an example, when I got to the press pit for the red carpet arrivals I reached into my pocket to pull out my digital camera to make sure it was operating. It was dead. I had left the battery in the charger which was plugged into the wall back at home.

Fortunately, I've had the fine photo contributions of Cagara Digital Media to augment my blog posts throughout the Film Fest. You can see their work at their own website, www.MagicalLightPhotography.com and some of their photos are posted at my own Film Fest photo gallery. Thank you Chuck and Marie!

Craig Smith is a law professor and has been blogging about the local Santa Barbara scene since 2006. When he’s not teaching law school classes or blogging, he enjoys bike riding, skiing and playing piano.